This is for PollyÂ’s terrific mixed media challenge where we were introduced to Godieve Tijskens aka StampingMathilda and her wonderful blog feature - Sunday Scraps.
I have a very, very large collection of scraps, backgrounds waiting for a home, die-cuts, punched left overs and a gazillion other things that any self-respecting Splitcoastie would have.
I have several of these backgrounds in my stash, this particular one has been on my desk for weeks and weeks. I am terribly lazy when it comes to washing brushes and stencils so I tend to “clean” them on a piece of cardstock and continue adding to it until I think I can one day use it.
This particular background is HP photo paper. I was experimenting using Distress Spray Stain and spray starch (Woolies homebrand ironing aid). I sprayed the stain onto alfoil, sprayed the puddle with ironing aid instead of water, then dunked the photo paper in it.
The bright blue is Mermaid Lagoon stain and the purple is actually Blueprint Sketch. I need to experiment a bit more to see if the colour change is due to the ironing aid. Over the next few weeks, each time I used a stencil, gesso, paintbrush etc, I used it on the background.
I went to my collection of old punched flowers and left-over long legs for my crazy birds. One of my very first punches was a set of Fiskars flowers – these flowers are seriously old LOL. I added a couple of pearls from my odds and ends embellishments box.
The panel measures 6.5” x 4”, I adhered it to a 5”x 7” cardbase and trimmed off some of the right hand side edge, then stuck another spare bird leg to the inside of the card. I had a heap of fun making this, sorry I am so late to the party.
I hope you all have a great week, thank you for looking.
Date: Sunday, November 6, 2016 GMT Views: 1425
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 90528
Thu, Nov 10, 2016 @ 2:52 AM
Wowza Miss Susie this is amazing! You have a super collection of inky papers and this really turned out beautiful. I always love seeing what inky paper you use on your cards and getting to see a collection of them on this card is fantastic! Beautiful card!!!
Registered: November 7, 2006 Location: Willamette Valley Oregon Posts: 34503
Thu, Nov 10, 2016 @ 7:23 PM
Wild abandon...that's the spirit I want to have. I can do lazy...maybe that is what is missing. I'll check back with you! Wink! Love love reading your creative process.
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Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Thu, Nov 10, 2016 @ 7:47 PM
Once again, I am completely blown away Susie! This background is incredible and even more so when I read how you made it. LOL. Very practical if you ask me. LOL. These flowers are terrific. It took me a couple of minutes of laughing before I could type this when I found out the flower stems were made from bird legs! That is awesome and simply too funny! I love the way your mind works Susie! This is another "Susie Masterpiece" that I love! ~Karen.
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83088
Fri, Nov 18, 2016 @ 5:48 AM
Some super experimenting and using of scraps. Very cool and very inspirational. Hugz
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Registered: September 17, 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 6128
Wed, Nov 23, 2016 @ 10:05 AM
Fabulous background, I have tried doing stuff like this but it never comes out such cool looking as yours, I love the patterns used for the flowers leaves and stems too!